Etymologies

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Charcoal-grilled pljeskavica and cevapi … have become common in neighborhoods like Astoria and Ridgewood in Queens, where Bosnians and Croatians, Serbs and Montenegrins now open businesses side by side.

Charcoal-grilled pljeskavica and cevapi, pronounced chay-VOP-ee, have become common in neighborhoods like Astoria and Ridgewood in Queens, where Bosnians and Croatians, Serbs and Montenegrins now open businesses side by side.

"When I was young we would go to Sarajevo and instead of going skiing, I would go to the town and get literally drunk on cevapi," said Vladimir Ocokoljic, the owner of Kafana, a cozy Serbian restaurant in the East Village.

In the northern parts of the region, near Romania, pljeskavica and cevapi are traditionally served just with chopped onions and kajmak, a thick, tangy clotted cream usually made with sheep's or cow's milk.